Parents, educators and advocacy groups are raising concerns about the monitoring software included in school-issued devices, Wired reports. The software included in millions of devices given to students during the pandemic, "created a new digital divide" that may impact certain groups of students by surveilling their activities throughout the school day. The students are, "more likely those attending lower-income schools, who are going to be more reliant on school-issued devices and therefore be subject to more surveillance and tracking than their peers, who can essentially afford to opt out," Center for Democracy and Technology Elizabeth Laird said.
Full Story